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Strong to Severe Storms in the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic; Snow in the Upper Great Lakes

Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue tonight across portions of the Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic. Heavy rains may bring an isolated flash flooding threat over the central Appalachians, particularly in West Virginia. Moderate to heavy snow will continue over portions of northern Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan through Tuesday morning. Read More >

 
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    One of the methods that the National Weather Service uses to disseminate forecasts, watches, warnings, and advisories to the public is through the NOAA Weather Radio (NWR). Serving all of West Central and Southwest Florida, our broadcast area includes seven transmitters. These transmitters are located in Morriston (Levy County), Lecanto (Citrus County), Riverview (Hillsborough County), Sebring (Highlands County), Venice (Sarasota County), and Fort Myers (Lee County). Additionally, the transmitter in Largo (Pinellas County) is specialized for marine forecasts and warnings only

    In order to listen to NWR programming, you need to use a specialized radio receiver. Many of the newer models are equipped with Specific Area Message Encoding, or SAME, which enables your radio to sound an alarm only when a warning is posted for a specific county or counties
   NOAA Weather Radio Map of our County Warning Area